1900

1900

First zeppelin takes to the skies in Germany.

President McKinley places Alaska under military law. We rule the wastes with an iron fist!

Ada Williams, a London "baby farmer", hanged in Newgate Prison.

Boxer Rebellion!

Cuntrag and professional killjoy Carrie Nation demolishes 25 saloons in Kansas.

King Umberto of Italy assassinated (on my birthday!) by an Italian-American anarchist terrorist.

born: Luis Buñuel, Spencer Tracy, Aaron Copland

died: Oscar Wilde, Nietszche

Claude Debussy - Les Chansons de Bilitis

Rachmaninov - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra #2 in C minor, op. 18